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Nigeria make history, beat Angola to win first-ever AfroBasket title
Nigeria beat Angola 74-65 in the Final ofAfroBasket 2015 in Rades, Tunisia on Sunday to claim their first-ever continental championship.…
Kenyatta lauds Kenyan athletes for topping IAAF chamionship
Nairobi (AFP) – Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday congratulated the country’s athletes for their sterling performances at the world…
Sharapova withdraws from US Open with leg injury
New York (AFP) – Russian third seed Maria Sharapova withdrew from the US Open on Sunday with a right leg…
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London’s colourful Notting Hill Carnival kicks off
London (AFP) – London’s Notting Hill Carnival kicked off with a riot of colour despite grey skies on Sunday, in…
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ documents gay Muslim pilgrimage
New York (AFP) – The confession of a Pakistani murderer. Overzealous religious police. An Arab angered after his pregnant wife…
Sierra Leone hit Lagos on Monday for AFCON qualifier
The delegation of senior national team of Sierra Leone, known as the Leone Stars, will arrive in Lagos on Monday…
Imams back Buhari’s loot recovery campaign
The Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna State, on Sunday said the effort by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration…
7 villages flooded in Adamawa as Kiri dam overflows
Seven communities were on Sunday flooded in Demsa and Numan local government areas of Adamawa, following heavy flow of water…
N1.2billion debt: AMCON seizes G.Cappa property
Akin Kuponiyi In a bid to recover a debt of N1,207,296,646.45 from G.CAPPA PLC. Construction Company, the Asset management corporation…
“What are Jonathan’s Ministers afraid of?” Presidency asks
The Presidency has asked Ministers who served under former President, Goodluck Jonathan, what they are afraid of in President Muhammadu…
Diezani, Okonjo-Iweala, others say Jonathan is not corrupt
Ministers who served under the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, have condemned what they described as concerted effort by the Buhari…
Donnier 228 crash: Buhari commiserates with families of victims
President Muhammad Buhari has commiserated with the families of victims of the ill-fated Donnier-228 which crashed in Kaduna on Saturday.…
UK, US legislature more expensive to maintain than Nigeria – Institute
The National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) says it is much more expensive to maintain legislators in the U.S. Congress…
NIWA in talks with NNPC on delivery of crude oil to refineries
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has initiated discussion with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on how to deliver…
Buhari will balance appointments, ex-lawmaker tells Nigerians
Dr Nya Asuquo, a former House of Representatives member, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari…
Frequent recess by NASS not unusual, says NILS
The National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) says the frequency with which members of the National Assembly go on recess…
Accident kills 7 on Ogbomoso-Oyo road
Seven people lost their lives on Sunday when a commercial bus and an articulated vehicle ran into each other on…
Gov Ahmed tasks women on corruption
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has called on women in the country to join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari in…
Boko Haram: 57,743 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroun, Niger, Chad
Nigeria National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA said Boko Haram attacks have resulted to displacement of about 57,743 into three neighbouring…
‘Largest ever’ Med gas field found off Egypt – Eni
Cairo (AFP) – Italian energy giant Eni on Sunday announced the discovery of the “largest ever” offshore natural gas field…
Nigeria’s referee gets FIFA assignment
Technical advisor on refereeing and NFF refereeing consultant, Mr. Linus Mba, has been appointed by world football –governing body, FIFA,…
Korea Tourney: Embassy denies Eaglets Captain, team coordinator Visas
The delegation of U-17 National Team, Golden Eaglets, departed for the Four-Nation Suwon Invitational Tournament on Sunday without team captain…
Gomis, Ayew end Man Utd unbeaten run
Swansea City defeated Manchester United 2-1 for the third successive meeting as Louis van Gaal’s side’s unbeaten start to the…
Sanitation: We won’t spare offenders – LASG
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has reiterated that the law on the monthly environmental sanitation and restriction of movement…
Bayelsa Police repel pirates’ attack on passenger boat, recovers arms
The Bayelsa Police Command on Sunday said its Marine Division in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state had…
Dealers of second-hand clothes record profit in Calabar
Dealers on second-hand clothes and shoes in Calabar, Cross River capital, have expressed joy over the high sales they now…
Okagbare fails to win IAAF Athletes Commission seat
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare completed a disappointing World Athletics Championships on Sunday at Beijing in China by losing out in the…
How INEC, Udom tried to frustrate our case, says Umana’s lawyer
Counsel to Umanan Umana, Akwa Ibom governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Victor Iyanam has accused the Independent…
Boko Haram trying to hit Lagos – DSS
Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebels Boko Haram are trying to extend their violent campaign across the country including Lagos, the country’s…
Missing man, 65, found dead in well
The body of a 65-year-old man, Mr Dele Ogundeyi, was on Saturday recovered from a well on the Aperan Way…